Associations to the word «Foolish»

Wiktionary

FOOLISH, adjective. (of a person, an action, etc.) Lacking good sense or judgement; unwise.
FOOLISH, adjective. Resembling or characteristic of a fool.

Dictionary definition

FOOLISH, adjective. Devoid of good sense or judgment; "foolish remarks"; "a foolish decision".
FOOLISH, adjective. Having or revealing stupidity; "ridiculous anserine behavior"; "a dopey answer"; "a dopey kid"; "some fool idea about rewriting authors' books".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats